I wonder why they chose 23 for the icon.
Looks cool Brett! iCal support natural language as well (at least in Lion). I don't get app that tout this as a huge feature when its part of the OS. HOWEVER, I do dig the reminder automation. That definitely looks sweet....
Hey Joe,
You are certainly right, iCal for Lion does have natural language support. However, QuickCal has had natural language support far longer than iCal, and many of our users are not running Lion yet. Also, we happen to believe our natural language support to be superior ;)
A few additional features that distinguish QuickCal:
1) Quick entry window that appears by a customizable keyboard shortcut.
2) You can enter to dos in the quick entry window (which you cannot do in iCal)
3) You do not have to have iCal running for QuickCal to work (and QuickCal is much lighter on resources).
4) Conflict detection lets you know when an event you're creating conflicts with an event that is already in your calendar (iCal offers no such detection).
Feel free to give the app a try if you're still not convinced, and feel welcome to email me at hello [at] patdryburgh.com if you have any other questions!
Hey Michael, Just an FYI that you can try QuickCal for free for 14 days by downloading it here (look under the app store link next to the features section). That way, if you win it you'll already be in love ;)
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Doesn't iCal in Lion do the natural language thing too?
Yes, iCal does do natural language. However, QuickCal has several big advantages:
1) You don't have to have iCal running to enter events. The difference in resources needed to run each app are considerable.
2) You can bring up the QuickCal window with a simple keyboard shortcut (which you can customize). In iCal, you have to click the + sign.
3) QuickCal is so, so much sexier than iCal (though as its designer, I may be biased ;) )
sorry, I didn't mean to imply QuickCal didn't have any advantages, just that the big one that people keep talking about (natural language) is also in iCal. I wish people would focus on the other advantages of QuickCal :)
Yes but …
… it was part of QuickCal long before any other tool on the Mac had it. Which means you don't even have to use Lion if you want to create events with NL
… the iCal implementation is pretty basic
… some people may dislike iCal and still want to use NL (which QuickCal allows you to do)
… QuickCal would hardly make sense without it
I don't know how it works with languages other than English, but I'm willing to test it. Hope I'm lucky enough to get a license
We currently have support for German and French, and other languages are in the works! If you have a specific language you'd like us to support, feel free to hit us up at quickcal [at] quickcalapp.com.
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